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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants in a household survey of potential family planning benefits cards beneficiaries showing all participants and participants by acceptability status (accepted vs. refused)

From: Acceptability and utilization of family planning benefits cards by youth in slums in Kampala, Uganda

Characteristic

Over all

N = 280

Accepted

N = 260

Refused

N = 20

P value*

Age group, n (%)

  <  20

45 (16.07)

42 (16.15)

3 (15.00)

0.668

 20–24

100 (35.71)

91 (35.00

9 (45.00)

 

  > 24

135 (48.21)

127 (48.85)

8 (40.00)

 

Marital status, n (%)

 Married

145 (51.79)

140 (53.85)

5 (25.00)

0.023

 Separated/Divorced

39 (13.93)

37 (14.23)

2 (10.00)

 

 Widow

1 (0.36)

1 (0.38)

0 (0.00)

 

 Never Married

95 (33.93)

82 (31.54)

13 (65.00)

 

Religion, n (%)

 Christian

244 (87.14)

228 (87.69)

16 (80.00)

0.057

 Muslim

35 (12.50)

32 (12.31)

3 (12.31)

 

 Others

1 (0.36)

0 (0.00)

1 (5.00)

 

Education level, n (%)

 No education

22 (7.86)

19 (7.31)

3 (15.00)

0.061

 Primary

79 (28.21)

76 (29.23)

3 (15.00)

 

 Secondary

140 (50.00)

132 (50.77)

8 (40.00)

 

 More than Secondary

39 (13.93)

33 (12.69)

6 (30.00)

 

Partner’s Education level, n (%)

 No education

6 (4.14)

6 (4.29)

0 (0.00)

0.112

 Primary

17 (11.72)

15 (10.71)

2 (40.00)

 

 Secondary

82 (56.55)

81 (57.86)

1 (20.00)

 

 More than Secondary

28 (19.31)

27 (19.29)

1 (20.00)

 

 Don’t know

12 (8.28)

11 (7.86)

1 (20.00)

 

Occupation, n (%)

 Unemployed

122 (43.57)

109 (41.92)

13 (65.00)

0.004

 Farming

1 (0.36)

0 (0.00)

1 (5.00)

 

 Trading

62 (22.14)

62 (23.85)

0 (0.00)

 

 Professional

73 (26.07)

68 (26.15)

5 (25.00)

 

 Other jobs

22 (7.9)

21 (8.08)

1 (5.00)

 

Partner’s Occupation, n (%)

 Unemployed

6 (4.1)

6 (4.29)

0 (0.00)

0.009

 Farming

1 (0.7)

0 (0.00)

1 (20.00)

 

 Sales/Trading

56 (38.6)

54 (38.57)

2 (40.00)

 

 Professional

45 (31.0)

45 (32.14)

0 (0.00)

 

 Other jobs

33 (22.8)

32 (22.86)

1 (20.00)

 

 Don’t know

4 (2.8)

3 (2.14)

1 (20.00)

 

Parity, n (%)

 0

74 (26.4)

64 (24.62)

10 (50.00)

0.114

 1

78 (27.9)

72 (27.69)

6 (30.00)

 

 2

57 (20.4)

55 (21.15)

2 (10.00)

 

 3

43 (15.4)

41 (15.77)

2 (10.00)

 

 4 and above

28 (10.0)

28 (10.77)

0 (0.00)

 
  1. *p-value of difference in demographics comparing participants who accepted vs. participants who refused family planning benefits cards